The Encyclopedia of American Soccer History
Author: Roger Allaway
Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 498
ISBN-13:
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Author: Roger Allaway
Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 498
ISBN-13:
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Author: Colin Jose
Publisher: Haworth, NJ : St. Johann Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781878282255
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Colin Jose
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 1998-06-25
Total Pages: 582
ISBN-13: 1461716128
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →It was the " American Menace" according to the Scottish and English newspapers of the 1920s. The best players in the Scottish leagues were being drawn to American companies that offered good jobs in return for playing on the company soccer team. The resulting squads, many of them ethnic, beat the best teams in the world at that time. This period from 1921 to 1931 were the "Golden Years of American Soccer." With the skyrocketing economic prosperity of the United States and its corollary flood of new immigrants to America's shores, came interest in soccer as a new form of sports entertainment. It grew rapidly around Northeastern industrial towns like Fall River, Massachusetts, and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. As with the popular North American Soccer League of the 1970s and 80s and its imported stars like Pele, the American Soccer League of the 1920s bid for the best soccer players in the world, creating a competitive, fertile environment for the growth of soccer. Unfortunately, few detailed records remain about these great teams and players. League records were lost after W.W. II and newspaper coverage was concentrated in smaller cities. Many of the League's heretofore unknown players possess no first name in print, and the unfortunate losers of matches and league championship games often went unreported altogether. During the later, tougher years of the Depression, many of the foreign players hunkered down in jobs or returned to their native countries. The disbanded American Soccer League was revived under the same name but very different circumstances in 1933, but never reached the same level of skill as during the 1920s. American Soccer League 1921-1931 is the result of Colin Jose's tireless determination to provide accurate history of soccer's evolution in the United States. Soccer was one of the most popular sports in the United States during the 1920s, often drawing huge crowds in relatively small towns to see the world's best players compete. Documented through thousands of newspaper clipp
Author: Michael MacCambridge
Publisher: ESPN
Published: 2005-09
Total Pages: 1654
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The most comprehensive reference book ever assembled on the history of college football From South Bend, Indiana, to Lincoln, Nebraska, Palo Alto, California, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Tallahassee, Florida, college football attracts the most dedicated fans in all of sports. This book is their Biblea rich and exhaustive reference guide to the games history, tradition, and lore. Based on three years of research by the nations foremost college football experts, the book features: lCapsule histories for each of the Division 1-A programs, the Ivy League schools, and the historically black colleges lYear-by-year schedules and scores for each school lStatistical leaders from each school lFight-song lyrics lBox scores for every bowl game ever played lWeekly AP and UPI polls dating back to 1936 lA four-color insert illustrating the evolution of each schools helmet design lEssays by the games top wordsmiths, including Dan Jenkins, Beano Cook, Chris Fowler, and more. lAnd a lively round-table discussion on the state of the game with ESPNs popular GameDay team (Fowler, Lee Corso, and Kirk Herbstreit). Packed with tables and charts and designed in an easy-to-read style, the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia is sure to dazzle even the most knowledgeable fan.
Author: Zander Hollander
Publisher: Everest House
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 552
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Comprehensive soccer data including: over 100 years of heroes and teams; college and professional; records of North American Soccer League Players; World Cup; American Soccer league; Official Rules; Olympics. Includes index.
Author: Charles R. Geisst
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2014-05-14
Total Pages: 581
ISBN-13: 1438109873
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Presents an alphabetically-arranged reference to the history of business and industry in the United States. Includes selected primary source documents.
Author: Michael MacCambridge
Publisher: ESPN Books
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13: 034551386X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →THE ESPN SEC FOOTBALL ENCYCLOPEDIA INCLUDES • expanded profiles and histories of all twelve Southeastern Conference football programs, as well as former SEC schools Georgia Tech and Tulane • original essays on what makes each SEC program unique written by such experts as Winston Groom (Alabama), Lou Holtz (South Carolina), and Buster Olney (Vanderbilt) • two-page record books for each school, with all-time and annual leaders • all-time teams, college and pro football hall of fame inductees, first-round draft choices, and retired numbers for every school • a complete bowl history for each team, including box scores • a history of the Southeastern Conference written by Chuck Culpepper, and the all-time SEC team as selected by Ivan Maisel, author of A War in Dixie
Author: Linda J. Borish
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-10-04
Total Pages: 574
ISBN-13: 1317662490
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Routledge History of American Sport provides the first comprehensive overview of historical research in American sport from the early Colonial period to the present day. Considering sport through innovative themes and topics such as the business of sport, material culture and sport, the political uses of sport, and gender and sport, this text offers an interdisciplinary analysis of American leisure. Rather than moving chronologically through American history or considering the historical origins of each sport, these topics are dealt with organically within thematic chapters, emphasizing the influence of sport on American society. The volume is divided into eight thematic sections that include detailed original essays on particular facets of each theme. Focusing on how sport has influenced the history of women, minorities, politics, the media, and culture, these thematic chapters survey the major areas of debate and discussion. The volume offers a comprehensive view of the history of sport in America, pushing the field to consider new themes and approaches as well. Including a roster of contributors renowned in their fields of expertise, this ground-breaking collection is essential reading for all those interested in the history of American sport.
Author: Tim Hill
Publisher: Parragon Pubishing India
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781445405698
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Gabe Logan
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2019-05-30
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 1498599044
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This study examines the history of Chicago soccer from 1887 to 1939 from the perspectives of recreation, immigration, labor, and urban history. The author analyzes the championship tournaments, teams, and players that enabled Chicago to become one of the nation's early soccer powers.